#4D979D#4D979D

#4D979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.074 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D979D
RGB	rgb(77, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -21.28, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 23.62, 205.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0685 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.074 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2106, 26.1435, 35.8729)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D979D #9D534D

analogous

#4D9D7B #4D979D #4D6F9D

triadic

#4D979D #9D4D97 #979D4D

tetradic

#4D979D #7B4D9D #9D534D #6F9D4D

square

#4D979D #7B4D9D #9D534D #6F9D4D

split-complementary

#4D979D #9D4D6F #9D7B4D

monochromatic

#25484B #397074 #4D979D #6FB3B8 #98C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4D979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4D979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D979D

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D979D	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.074 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5b9',
    500: '#4d979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d979d;
$custom-light: #85b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 34.188,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63133,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D979D

secondary

#B9908D

accent

#665ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D979D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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